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As pre-summit workshop has been organized as a curtain raiser to the Sustainable Mountain Development Sumit, 2015 in Itanagar. Titled 'How Safe are our Mountain Habitats?' the workshop will be a platform for discussions on the important theme of Disaster Risk Reduction. Given the increasingly frequent spate of natural disasters which the mountains have been facing this is an extremely important event that will set the tone for the summit in Itanagar. The workshop will explore issues of policy and…

In the footsteps of the previous three Sustainable Mountain Development Summits (SMDS) held in the states of Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh will host the fourth SMDS at Itanagar on 7th, 8th, and 9th October, 2015.

On 1 March, 2016 the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council unanimously resolved to host the next Sustainable Mountain Development Summit in Ladakh. The Summit will be held from 20-22 September 2016. Given the capacity of the city of Leh, this will be a smaller event than in previous years. In a period that has seen to growing water scarcity issues both at a global and a national level, with severe drought affecting various parts of India, themes for SMDS-V have…

The fourth edition of MoMS held in Delhi will deliberate on policy issues pertaining to Water Security and Skills for Development in the mountains, which were discussed at length during the SMDS-V held at Leh, Ladakh, in September 2016. The event will also focus on findings and recommendations that emerged during workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Kohima, Nagaland in the month of July, 2016. The organising committees of both the events will disseminate the proceedings highlighting challenges emerging…

As we progress on the way to building better development narrative for our mountains, it is imperative that we work on ways to build a collective effort in that direction. To carry the momentum forward, IMI's first Members' Conclave is being organised with the goal of building a collective action to realise our ambition of better policies and practices for our mountains. It will be an occasion to for us to share state chapters' plans, deliberate on how the vision…